Monitoring Requests

The Requests window allows you to:

When the Auto Refresh check box is selected, the form will refresh the list of requests after a specified interval measured in seconds. Use the profile option Concurrent: Auto-refresh View Request Timer (secs) to set this interval.

Important: You can view only those requests to which you have been granted access by an administrator.

Request Phase and Status

A request has a life cycle consisting of the following phases: pending, running, and completed. If a request is on hold or unable to run, the request is placed in an inactive phase.

During each phase, a request has a specific status. Listed below are the possible statuses for each phase:

For more information about the status of your request, select the Diagnostics button in the Requests window.

Finding Requests

  1. Open the Requests window (navigation varies by application).

    When you open the Requests window, you are directed to the Find Requests window.

  2. Define your search criteria.

    Note: You can use the Specific Requests region to view a list of requests that you did not submit by entering a requestor other than yourself. However, you can only view details, output, and log files for requests submitted by you or your responsibility.

  3. Select Find.

Options for Requests in Progress

Hold or cancel pending requests from the Requests window using the Hold Request or Cancel Request buttons.

View request diagnostics by selecting the Diagnostics button. The Request Diagnostics window displays information about the request run. The window may contain a View XML button to display the generated XML data, if applicable.

You can change completion and scheduling options for requests that meet the following criteria:

To Change Options for a Request in Progress

  1. Select the request from the list.

  2. Select the View Details... button to launch the Request Detail window.